Du Chen and his family cleaned up the shop, turned the main switch, locked the door and left.

Tomorrow is Sunday, so the family is not busy. Let's go to the market together to buy some dinner.

"Wife, what will the headmaster say today? Did the teacher say how Du Bin performed?"

On the way, Comrade Lao Du asked about his wife.

"That's right. The teacher praised Du Bin today. He's been studying really hard lately and is much more obedient in class than before. He's made great progress."

Du Chen's mother said happily. There was no other way. Du Bin was often criticized by the teacher at parent-teacher conferences. In front of so many other parents, Du Chen's mother was so embarrassed that she wished there was a crack in the ground for her to crawl into.

As for Du Bin, he always uses the excuse of being too busy at work, so it's usually Du Chen's mom who goes to the parent-teacher conferences. Whenever Du Bin's parent-teacher conferences are mentioned, Du Chen's mom can't help but frown. Du Bin is usually beaten after every parent-teacher conference.

However, today's parent-teacher conference was unprecedented. Du Bin's homeroom teacher praised him profusely, leaving Du Chen's mother stunned. Later, it was discovered that Du Bin had worked hard and achieved a 45th place in the ninth grade midterm exam.

The second point is Du Bin's teaching supplementary book. Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao were both using that teaching supplementary book. When the top students in the class saw that Ding Miaomiao, who was the top student in the class, was using it, most of the top students went to Du Chen's house to buy the book. As a result, the scores of those students in Du Bin's class who bought the teaching supplementary book improved in this exam, and their scores were much higher than those of other classes in the grade.

Later, the teacher took a look at the supplementary textbooks and found that they were indeed very good, better than the ones ordered by the school. So Du Bin's homeroom teacher made a special mention of them at the parents' meeting today.

"Oh, Mom, go to the city tomorrow and buy some more supplementary teaching books, maybe a hundred or so!"

When Du Chen heard what his mother said, he immediately reacted and said to her.

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that! The teacher talked about supplementary teaching materials today. Parents who are interested will definitely come and buy them in the next few days!"

Du Chen's mother also realized what Du Chen meant and said in surprise.

"Boss, this is great! What reward do you want?"

Comrade Lao Du was also very happy, so he proposed to give Du Bin a reward.

"Hey, I haven't thought about it yet..."

Du Bin was very happy but also a little confused. He felt that he had done well in the exam, but he didn't expect to be in the top ten in the class.

"Son, you did a great job. Mom will buy you whatever you want to eat tonight."

Du Chen's mother was very happy. After attending parent-teacher meetings for so many years, this was the first time she had been praised by the teacher.

"Mom, I don't have anything I want to eat. Just buy whatever you and Dad want to eat."

Du Bin has grown a lot recently and knows that it is not easy for his parents to make money, so he did not make any requests.

"Du Bin, you have grown up..." Comrade Lao Du said with satisfaction.

More than a month has passed since Du Chen last mentioned contracting the repair shop to Comrade Lao Du, and Comrade Lao Du has never mentioned this matter to Du Chen again.

Du Chen guessed that his father still had some thoughts about his grandfather and his two cousins, but he never mentioned it again because he saw that his attitude was so firm.

Du Chen also felt a headache when he thought about this matter. A son should not blame his father for his mistakes, so Du Chen was too lazy to mention it again to avoid causing trouble to Comrade Lao Du. Let's wait a little longer.

After school that day, Du Chen went straight back to the store as usual.

As soon as Du Chen entered the store, he felt that the atmosphere in the store was a little strange.

Usually Du Chen's mother is very enthusiastic towards every student, but today when she came in, she seemed a little absent-minded, and her face no longer had the happiness she had when she was making money in the past.

"What's wrong, Mom? Are you feeling unwell? Let me do it. You can rest for a while."

"Chenchen, Mom is fine. Your uncle is here, go in and say hello..."

When Du Chen's mother saw Du Chen coming back, she quickly cheered herself up and pretended nothing was wrong while giving Du Chen some instructions.

"Mom, tell me why he came here! Where's my dad?"

Du Chen ignored his mother's arrangements and asked directly what the man was doing there.

"It's okay, your uncle just came to sit for a while. Go in and say hello. Your dad is in there with your uncle."

Seeing that his mother didn't want to say anything, Du Chen stopped asking. Anyway, no matter whether his uncle had held his fart well or not, he would know when he had dinner.

"Uncle, you're here. Dad, please come out for a moment. A colleague is looking for you outside."

Du Chen turned and walked towards the lounge, opened the door and greeted the old man coldly. He ignored his cousin next to the old man and made an excuse to call Comrade Lao Du out.

"Who's looking for me? Brother, wait for me for a while. I'll go out and ask something and come back soon."

After going out, Du Chen pulled Comrade Lao Du to a deserted place and asked Comrade Lao Du directly.

"Dad, why is the uncle here? Did you ask him to come over?" Du Chen asked suspiciously.

"I didn't call you uncle. Didn't you say a colleague was looking for me? Where is he?"

Comrade Lao Du hasn't reacted yet.

Du Chen looked at his father, feeling somewhat helpless. He remained silent for a long while.

"Why are you looking at me without saying anything? Didn't you say a colleague wanted to see me?"

"Dad, no one is looking for you. I called you out..." Du Chen finally said helplessly.

"Dad, you haven't forgotten what I told you some time ago, right? Can't we just live our lives well?"

"You're talking about your uncle. I don't know why your uncle suddenly came here."

Comrade Lao Du just understood what his son meant.

"That's strange. Why would he come here? A weasel is paying New Year's greetings to a chicken..."

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